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Dear Olympics

I'm Not Ready To Let Go

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Rudy Martinez
Aug 12, 2024
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I’ve been trying to write this since we left the Women’s Gold Medal Volleyball Match yesterday afternoon. Walking home my smile slowly faded and gave way to a sort-of-melancholy. I am not sad necessarily, but I miss that feeling we all felt the last few weeks with the Olympics.

That unbridled joy.

The fucking beauty that is this cité.

The empathy on disp…

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